Nothing Like a Birch Branch Beating!
What to do in Kazan if you have two-day travel dirt on ya Nice benches to the left What I wandered to The Tartars showing off Enjoying the sunshine You could say I was feeling a little dirty earlier today. I’d left Moscow, for the last time, on Monday, and…
Read MoreAnything Can Be Scrap Metal
Nothing like stripping the copper out of live electrical wires HELLO RUSSIA SCRAPS FEVER By Alexander Samoiloff In 1999 a chronic Russian disease of non-ferrous metals theft has grown up into the real fever. The problem is that impoverished Russian people steal non-ferrous metal parts for selling at a low…
Read MoreSerious Soviet Pollution
Polution Central August 4, 1999, AFP via Johnson’s Russia List Russia’s Karabash: A town with the air of death about it KARABASH, Russia, – The town of Karabash in the Russian Urals has the unpleasant distinction, according to the United Nations, of being one of the most polluted places on…
Read MoreDay-Tripping Around the Garden Ring
A wandering around the Golden Ring of cities that surround Moscow, Russia Locals cooling off A peaceful view I am in awe More xram’s than Jerusalem Last weekend, Lidia and I drove out to the Golden Ring, a group of classically beautiful cities surrounding Moscow, that date from the beginning…
Read MoreThe Russian Poezd
The only way to travel in the CIS There are a few Russian experiences that I only dream about having in America, the Poezd is one of them. Beyond the hassle of getting a ticket, the Poezd beats any form of transportation in America. Poezd = Train There are several…
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